Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-18

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we're allowed TO take uR i've acres. on
which they paid the nsximum Of So
per aere. Ths Commissioners Of King
Ooanty having raised the QUESTION ss %
TIE mineral character Of these lands.
the laRd ofloers and special agents of
TIE department. made an Investigation
esa reported that the lands we're coal
lands. and that their entries were made
N good faith. aud this dscisien was A.
terwards affirmed. The Commissioners
81 King County then appealed to the
secretary, who decided the lands we're
not subject 10 entry - mineral lands.
aRd Commissioners Sparks vas directed
20 have the entries cancelled. WinQate
then applied for q refundinQ Of the
money paid fer the lands. which appli-
cation Commissioners Sparks danisd on
tne ground Of fraudulent entries. See
retary Lamar refuses 90 entertain this
ssew and directs that the money must
be refunded.
Apprspgsaiea saockG
NKw YoKK. March IT.-Wm- J. Hutch
ioson, an ex broker, vas arrested to-day
and tsken TO the romba prison. BE is
charged hv Wm. II. Sistars, Of the frm
Of Geo. Sistare & Co.. With converting
70 his 0Wn use and beuefis and that Of
bis wife, OF over eS500o worth OF
stocks. The stock vas Deposited On
different dates In 1884 With hutchinson
60 raise loan.
MaekAy Denies the Repsrt.
San FRANu1scs, March II. To Q re-
porter of the Associated Press, Who
called On john W. Macksy this after
aoon 90 asceFtsia II the reOort connect
ing Mr.. Maekay with the Baltimere sud
Ohio Telegraph deal. was tFae. that
gentleman pronounced the story with
Gus foundation. "As far as am Gen.
oerned," said Mr.. Msekay, no proposi-
tioa for she aeQuiFemsnt Of she Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company or
the Baltimore and Ohie Telegraph Com.
pany. has been made by me or 10 me.
and no negotiations are pending.
know nothing Of the matter except
what have seen in the Revspapsrs."
Commissisned By the PFesldeat.
WAsHMoroH. March 1.-The Presi-
dent today oomnissioned the following:
DR.. Lyach Princle. OF South Carolina,
to be OoRsul General at Copstantinople;
to be Consul Of the United States. Wm.
o. Patton. Of North Carolina. at Bohea:
to be Register OF Lind O6Hses, John p.
Whiteside, Of Daksta. at Deaawood,
James n. Adams, OF Washington
Territory, at Spokane Falls Frank P.
Tanner, Of Colorado, at Gunnison, Col.
Panic az q ChurcA.
CHIoAoo, March IA panic occurred |
at the Roman Catholic Church Of the |
nativity on Thirty- eighth street this |
forenoon. Tha church was crowded |
With people, and on the steps leading to |
The church was q great crowd of people. |
The steps gave wav under the strain, |
fally 200 people distance
u ten feet. Two men aud two women
Instainea injuries regarded as fatal, and
Iully twenty etheFs were quite seriously
injured.
The Bridge had beea Tested
Bosr0S. March IL. - The Railroad
Commissioners are still iavestieatine
he cause Of the Forest Hill accident
3eorRe r. Folsom, SapeFintendent of
Bridges Of the Providence road. said
hat the bridge where the disaster 90
urrea had been frequently tested and
vas regarded as thoroughly safe.
Barely Escaped from . Fire.
SAN Francisco, March IA are at 8
'cloek this morning destroyed three
mall frame buildings on the corner Of
frederick street and Rinoon place, on
iinoon Hill. The corner buildinQ was
coupled as a grocery store and the
ther structures as residences. Three
occupants barely escsped with their
ives. Loss, about $4,000.
An InVItaiIOn from So. LOuIs.
ST. LOUIS, March IA general Com ,
littee. having in charge the arrange {
aents for the meeting Of the National |
noampment Of the Grand Army of 4
be Republic In this city next September, l
ave through 9 sub Committee oompos
Of the Msvor Of the city, the Presi /
ems Of the Merchants Exchange and |
ne of the leading representatives Of !
be local q. A. II. Posts extended a very Z
OFdial and urgent invitation 20 Presi- I
nt TO witness and share IN the festivi- Z
les Of that occasion.
Funeral Of Captain Eads.
81. LoUIs, (Mo.) March 17-The fu-
eFal Of Captain Jas. B. Eads teok place !
the Christian Church this afternoon J
nd was attended by Q large number Of
be Oldest and most prominent citizens
Z the city who have kBoWn him for
aAny years. Many Of them have been }
ssociatsd With him In his great epRi
eeFiHe works. Rev. DR.. Schuyler ON
lated, being assisted In the services by
ssV. Mr.. Reed. The remains were In.
erred in the Bellexontains osmetery, ,
&. Louis.
Three VlgfIaBtes Killed.
CRAB OacHARD (Ky March H.
rhree vieiiantea who we're administer |
nR q whipping 90 q woman 20 years Of
&c in ROckcastls oonnty have been |
Tiled. A woman, Eliza Fish, persisted
d selling liquor after she had been
laEEed several times 70 stop. She kept
lev hind Of store and groGReEy. Tue
ouaty is q prohibition ooe. Lsst night
be viailantss, or Law and Order Club,
paised on Mrs. Fish. They took Der
Dto the yard and were whipping her
Ehen sbosa were hred from over the
enOe. The Ka-Klax he0, leaving three
{ the viQilAntas dead--John King, |
alter TnFpin aad John HAssy. There
. no elae ~ 10 Who did the shooting
sockoastie county has been infested b. |
band of Ku u-Kl1x for ten years past,
nd ell efforts TO break up the RabR have
allied. The old woman, Eliza fisb,
Iad been whipped before By the vigil
intes and Der son vas run out sf the
onnty for selling hqusT.
'oassel DsscharGed Rrsm the Case.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Moses solomon
F1s today dischasRed from his eoBneo-
iou With fhe defense Of the Anarchists
y the eommiites having ths case Of
be condemned men 10 charge. The
eason given by the committee for the
dischares is bis extreme am
,ition. He insisted on making the
oeeoh before the Suprems Conrt at
)ttava. IN spite Of the protests Of bis
associates.
STRIKERS stsufsg . TFnis.
Youxosrvws, (Ohio), March 1.-Two
rsaaht trains 90 the New York & Penn